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Title: Deborah Meadows Collection
Creator:
Meadows, Deborah
Identifier/Call Number: 0026
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1990-2012, undated
Abstract: Deborah Meadows, Professor Emerita at Cal Poly Pomona, is an accomplished poet, playwright, and essayist. The collection contains
journals and magazines in which Meadows' poetry has been published and other materials related to her writing.
Advance notice required for access.
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository
and the copyright holder.
[Box/folder# or item name], Deborah Meadows Collection, Collection no. 0026, University Archives, Special Collections and
Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by Deborah Meadows in 2016.
Deborah Meadows is a noted poet, playwright, essayist, and Liberal Studies Professor Emerita at California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona. Born in 1956 to a working-class family in Buffalo, New York, Meadows graduated from SUNY, Buffalo with
a degree in Philosophy and English. After graduating, Meadows performed factory work before moving to California to continue
her education, earning an M.A. in English from CSU Los Angeles and an M.F.A. from Antioch University.
A prolific writer, Meadows has published numerous books of poetry and plays, including
Translation, the bass accompaniment: Selected Poems;
Representing Absence; and
Itinerant Men; as well as the recently published
Three Plays. Meadows has received several recognitions for her writing, including, most notably, a nomination for Los Angeles Poet Laureate
in 2014. She has also received the Cal Poly Pomona University Library's Golden Leaves Award multiple times.
Active in her professional community, Meadows has served as a juror on the panel for The America Awards since 2000 and on
the board of the Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association, where she also served as President in 2014.
The collection contains journals and magazines in which Meadows' poetry has been published and other materials related to
her writing.
The collection is arranged in two series: 1. Publications and 2. Papers.
Longer publications that include Meadows' poetry were transferred to the Rare Book Collection and can be found by searching
the library catalog for "Deborah Meadows Collection."
The collection was processed by Sara Heimann in 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poetry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona